Impkofement in machine foe burring wool



ROBERT J. CLAY. OFGREENPOiN'l,v N EW YORK,` ASSlGN 0R T0 HIMSELF, JQ

HUSTED, E. G. BURLN'G, AND CORNELIUS CORSON Letters Patent No. 67,394, dated July 30, 1867-' i 4 .A Y y @inittab gratis 'steniiffire die' Sslgctule rin-int vtu in tlgc'se ndertfntmt mit mating nf linnn.

V T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

` Be it known that I, ROBERT J. CLAY, of Greenpoint, in the county of Kings, und State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements on Machines for Earring Wool, ginning cotton, or other analogous purposes, of which lthe fllowingis a full, clenig'nnd exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming port of this specification', andi in which- Figure l represents a'side elevation of a machine embracing my improvements.

'Figure 2ten end elevation thereof. Y*

Figure 3 a vertical longitudinal section of the same, and

Figure 4 face and edge views or sections on an enlarged scale of one of the comb-like strips in part, forming a feature of or used in connection with my invention. i i Y Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

While this my invention is applicable to various kinds of work, or for operating on different descriptions oflibre, including the ginning of cotton, or removing the seed' or extraneous matter from fibres generally, it will sudce here,- by way of illustrating or explaining it, to describe it as applied to burr-ing wool, for which it is n i well adapted, and more especially for the removalof mestizo burs, inasmuch as by this my invention wool. myiwslsfsi frentheir?,withsswisltterbsins srtervokswtik este desiderate@ es missie n *vvv 4orrore 4l the convolu e and jagged character of l such burs, it is a work of great difficulty, if not removed entire, to detach the broken particles from the fibre. f

' The nature df my invention consists, firstly, in a combination of Va. feeding device, clearer, and rot-ating cylinder, furnished with comb-like plates on its periphery, the teeth of which are arranged to occupy a tangential position to the cylinder; also, in a peculiar construction of such plates or strips, as regards their opposite edges; likewise, in an inclined relationship of the c'ombflike plates or strips and clearer; and, furthermore, said invention consists, in combination with feeding, guiding, and laying devices, in a peculiarly-arranged andoperl. ating comb or comber,.for preparing the fibre in its feed to the stripping cylinder. u'

' Referring to the accompanying drawing, A is the frame of the machine, of any suitable construction. B l is an endless belt or apron, for conveying the wool to be treated to or between feeding-rolls C C, and working on or around rollers a a, the one of which may be driven by o pulley, b, revolving, as indicated by the'arrow c, P 'through a cross-bund, d, from a. pulley on the shaft of a rotating laying-roller, D, which travels as indicated by the arrow e. ,This rollerD is arranged in juxtaposition to a cylinder, E, which is encircled by and carries comblike strips or plates, F, on itsperiphery, and is situated to lie along or across the' face of said cylinder on one side of it. Motion may be communicated to the roller D by gear f g, driven by a pulley, and band i, from a pulley, j, on thc shaft Ic of the cylinder E, which latter rotates, nsdenoted by the arrow l, and is or may be driven by a pulley, m, on a shaft,vn, through a band, o, and pulley p, the shaft n being further provided with a pulley', q,.wbic.h,by a band, 1', gives motion through pulley to n. rotary brush, G, that travels as shown by the arrow s, while the shaft lc of the cylinderEhas arranged on it a pulley, connected by n. band,u, with apulley,

v, the shaft of which carries adisk,'zc, that serves'to-reciprocate in a curvilinear direction a preparatory comb or comber', H, through a rod, x, having an 'eccentric conuectionwith the disk fw, and pivoted to on arm, y, secured A to the shaft z of the comber. i This comb or comber H, which is preferably attached in an adjustable mannerby screws or otherwise toitsy t shaft, z, and which is composed of or carries mcrrated or toothed blade extending the width or therenbouts of the feeding-rolls C C, is arranged so that. in its sweep it catches the wool as it is`delivered bysnid rolls and r loosns or frees it from lrnots or entanglements, and so -prepuresit for subsequent treatment by the machine, as

in its down stroke or sweep'said comb feeds'the'wool, containing the burs, on to und along a. guiding-piutc or tray, I, that extends to and partly encircles the laying-roller D, in order to secure the feed and distribution in n. regular or spread form of the wool with the burs to the cylinder E. This curvilinear action of the;prepara-V tory comb H, relatively to the feedingrolls C C, guidingplate or tray I, und laying-roller D, is favoriibld to s perfect disentungling actionfecd, anddistrbution of the wool.' The comb-like strips F are' arranged in n L# cylindrical form or mannerjon on.- round the cylinder E, in close relationship to e'ach other, their inner flces ship to the clearer, for, pe'x'iation togetllc"substantially ns heroin set forth.

` vingen the periphery of said cylinder, and their teeth',.aff, which-point in direction of thctravelof the cylinder,

vvoccupying n'tangcntinl position to the latter-,antik hevcllcd nutwnrdsfrom their under side, and it mayhe also slightly hevelleil inwards from their outer feces, whilevtho ihack cdges,' Ii', of said stripsi are also bevclled oil' to Afacilitate the catching and holding ofA thc loof :is thoy"(thc strips) receivc'or take it from't'hc *laying-roller,A hut `thospaces liet'\\'een ticlx strips, size or disposition of' the teeth, and therdistance from the cylinder. should bc such as to exclude-the hurts-from entering between or under the teeth that simply catch and hold the brc,and

by their` disposition irnngementhave no tendency to cut or bruise the liars, but simply te hold thorn by their entanglement in the'libre'on the outside faces of thel strips.. To detach theiburs whole,- they are caught on the fibre which envelopes Adaringthe',rotation of the` cylindor,-hyA the diagonally-arranged edges'c of a ltniie or clearer, J, vsituated'oirA nthe opposite side lof the cylinder tothe feed, lying close upto. or on the outer faces of the strips the hursheihg retated,-as;tliey-ardrmw dowuthe:edgeslc3 bytheV actioil'of the strips Rand cleared of adhering fibre, any-of which' that remains is orfr'nay be finali-y' c lit oii'hy a roughened, jagged, vor 5 sharpened construction of the edgesc, thus dclivcriu'th'cjbole bursfrccfr'om wool outside of the clearer J,

while the wool held by the strips is carried round beneatli," a1,s`uch as docs not fall from thecylimler swept or detached from thc strips by the actioh of the rotating hrush G, or ,any other suitable delvice. i

' 'While the construction and arrangement of ,the comb-like sti'fips F on Vthe cylinder E admits-'of the close working of the same to the clearer J, it may here `be observed that the arrangement of thc strips and shape or disposition of the clearer may bevariously changed from that which is shown vi-n the drawing, and still the saine principle of action bevmaintained, Thus, the strips F may be s et obliquely on 'or around the cylinder E, and theucting edge of the clearer J be single or straight and lie in ahoriaontal line, the detachment' of the bars vrlioloor entire bcingesimilnrly effected. I l Y What I claim as my invention, and desire tti-secure by Letters Patent', is-

l'hc combination, with nuitahle feeding mechanism and knife or clearer J, of a (rotating cylinder, pr'oii vided on'its periphery with smooth comb-like plates orstrips, arranged to encircle the cylinder, and with their teeth in tangentinl'nrelationship thereto, for operation together, substantially as specified.

2. And in combination thercwitlnl claimxihe construction of the plates or strips F, with their teeth, a', v bcvelled from beneath or inner faces thereof, and their rear cdges,b, inclined from above or outer faces of thc same, essentially as shown anddcscrihed.

. 3. Thecoinhinatio'n, with'a cylinder encircled by"comblikc strips, of a ltuife or. clearer, J, arranged onits clearing edge 4or edges to occupy antinclihed'iosition relativelyto the strips, or the latter an inclined relationyl. In combination withthe feeding-rolls, guidingplate or tray, and laying-roller, or their equivalents. the t com b of c ombcr ll, llmyn' chrs-'ilincnr travel across 0r relatively to the feed," essentiallyr yas specified.'

ROBERT J. CLAY.

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